Would this work in a muddy creekbed? The creek on our property is dry most of the summer but still manages to produce a lot of mosquitoes.
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Yes it is very good at killing the mosquito lava eggs. I use it all over my back yard and in some spots of the backyard it is vey low area which accumale water when it rains a lot. I have few to no Mosquitos compared to a year ago.
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I am just guessing that if it is muddy, there has to be water of some kind around/near. It seems logical it would work, but I don't know for sure. This might be a question to direct to the manufacturer, sending them photos of the area and more detailed information about if there is any water, if the water is trickling away down the creek so any BT would be moved off the target area, etc. Is there grass that is wet growing near the muddy creek which would hold moisture and provide mosquito breeding grounds? You may have to expand your treatment area to beyond just the muddy creek. Good luck! I am just guessing that if it is muddy, there has to be water of some kind around/near. It seems logical it would work, but I don't know for sure. This might be a question to direct to the manufacturer, sending them photos of the area and more detailed information about if there is any water, if the water is trickling away down the creek so any BT would be moved off the target area, etc. Is there grass that is wet growing near the muddy creek which would hold moisture and provide mosquito breeding grounds? You may have to expand your treatment area to beyond just the muddy creek. Good luck!
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I am just guessing that if it is muddy, there has to be water of some kind around/near. It seems logical it would work, but I don't know for sure. This might be a question to direct to the manufacturer, sending them photos of the area and more detailed information about if there is any water, if the water is trickling away down the creek so any BT would be moved off the target area, etc. Is there grass that is wet growing near the muddy creek which would hold moisture and provide mosquito breeding grounds? You may have to expand your treatment area to beyond just the muddy creek. Good luck!
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Think it needs to be wet to activate the critters in it......you might find a dip in the ground and use a watering can but then the mosquitos have to be in the dip....I would look for something else....if you find a puddle full of mosquitos you could pour soapy water on them... or spread vegetable oil on the surface of the water.....I finally bought goldfish for my pond and they're getting fat and I have no mosquitos...or few depending on the time of year
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Yes it would. This product is sold as a donut in the same formula. The donut can be spiked down or tied off with string so as it melts it releases agent into the water. I think this would be your best application.
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I live in the Florida scrub. So we always have plenty of mosquitoes everywhere. My rain barrel is about four feet from my front door, so lots of people and pet traffic. We have not noticed an increase in mosquito in that area, and I have had it for for years. I put about two tablespoons of Clorox in mine every few months to kill larva. (There are other environmentally safe products you can get at local garden centers/Home Depot/ Loews.) Little green frogs appear on the urn and in tray from time to time- they seem to help control.
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Live in Tampa FL and we have LOTS of mosquitos and flying bugs in general. Seems to be working pretty good, the container at the bottom gets pretty full with those pesky bugs. We're in the pool in the evening and we are not getting bombarded with Mosquitos. It works better than any of the other bug zappers I have tried. I would recommend you try it and give it a few days to work as the instruction direct.
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I don't know - we aren't troubled by flies here, only mosquitoes. Also, I used this in the recipe for Wellness Mama's Bug Bar so cannot answer how it would work undiluted.
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You use propane for the tank (same fuel as a gas grill); I have no idea if the mosquitoes are different in Alaska. I would imagine that it would work there.
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We are using the Dynatrap on our back deck (15ft x 15ft) and it works well there. No mosquitoes at all, but as soon as as you walk off the deck, unfortunately they are prevalent. So in short, Iwould say it works well in a small area, but certainly doesn't work in the large area that they say. It is also quiet and unobtrusive.
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The only reason I can think of as to why you have mosquitoes is that the contents are too wet. I suggest that you spray the contents with an Insecticidal Soap, midday if possible, and then either tip the contents out or, with help, lift the composting bin and let the contents fall out of the bottom. You need to let the contents dry out. Spread the compost out - or use it in your garden -and hopefully the mosquitoes will go somewhere else to breed!! The will only breed in wet areas, so you must make sure your compost bin is not near any standing water. Hope this helps.
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You could but you may have issues with the debris in the creek clogging it.
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The top of the barrel has a bug screen. I clean it out every few months (but it will depend on what is coming down the downspout). I don't have anything planted in the top, so I drilled a couple drain holes. I have worried about the overflow pipe, since theoretically a mosquito could fly in there, but mine feeds right into a drainpipe. Works Great!
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This is designed yo attract mosquito's outdoors. Refer to the placement mguide included with it, you should place in a shaded area close to where they breed and between breeding and human activity.If you have mosquito's in your house I would contact a pest control company
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We had problems with a neighbor who had water laying in their yard. The torpedo was small enough to toss in the laying water without being obvious. This cut down on the number of mosquitoes in our yard which was 50 ft away. I wouldn't place them in an area near where people are planning to sit.
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I have never wet the ground as we live in AZ where it is continually dry. However, when the rain does come it seems to wash it down the rocks (where the weeds grow after a rain) and I have had great success with this product. I think it works best when it is going to rain soon. I don't have to pull weeds anymore!
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Hi Dolores, fortunately, we don't have much of a mosquito problem, so I can't answer your question definitively, however, I would think the breeze and cooler air would help keep them away.
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Yes if you spray it where they enter or spray it in standing water that breeds mosquito's.
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The screen is a nice one but since I don't have anything planted in the planter, water collects there. I will probably drill holes in the planter so water doesn't collect there but I would imagine mosquitoes will prosper there if I don't do something about it.
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It should definitely work in dirt. That is where I used it to find something buried 4 inches under dirt and weeds. I don't know about water.
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guess you mean ground-water that stays long enough to birth mosquitos , am sure they would work but seems you would have to retrieve them when the ground dried & they might just get buried in the clay... have only used them in my rain barrels and they work GREAT, better than the dunks because they do not float away when the barrels overflow, I think I would use the dunks on ground water because they float